2014-09-16 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                            16 SEPTEMBER 2014


7                         EXTERNAL FUNDING GRANTS - BUS STOPS & CYCLE NETWORKS
DOCUMENT IN FOR MATI ON




Author                               Senior Technical Officer, Scott Morgan
                                     Planning & Infrastructure Department

Index                                ECM/ Subject/ Funding/Grants/Donations/ Funding – Capital Works

Attachments                          1.    PTAIP Project Lists for Noosa Shire


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Council has been successful in securing $380,000 grant funding under the Passenger Transport
Accessible Infrastructure Program 2014-15 and $537,500 grant funding under the Cycle Network
Local Government Grants Program 2014-15. These funds, totalling $917,500, will contribute
towards the cost of Council providing necessary infrastructure improvements for the community
whilst reducing the financial burden Council would otherwise need to make.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Senior Technical Officer to the Infrastructure & Services
Committee Meeting dated 16 September 2014 regarding Council’s successful grant funding
under the Passenger Transport Accessible Infrastructure Program 2014-15 and the Cycle
Network Local Government Grants Program 2014-15 and:
A.                        Authorise the CEO to sign all necessary documentation related to the grant funding;
B.                        Provide authority to proceed with the delivery of all grant approved projects and any
                          necessary ancillary works.



REPORT
This report has been prepared to advise Council of the outcome of Funding Grant Applications
made by Noosa Council with the State Government, under the Passenger Transport Accessible
Infrastructure Program 2014-15 and the Cycle Network Local Government Grants Program 2014-
15.

1.                        Passenger Transport Accessible Infrastructure Program (PTAIP)

This program is administered by the Department of Transport and Main Roads (DTMR) and aims
to improve the public transport (PT) network to make it more accessible to all customers of all
abilities.

Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) there is a statutory requirement to make PT
networks comply with accessibility standards under the Disability Standards for Accessible Public
Transport 2002 (DSAPT) and Disability (Access to Premises Buildings) Standard 2010 (Premises
Standards). All new PT infrastructure brought into operation since the commencement of these
standards is required to comply from the outset. Existing PT infrastructure needs to be made
100% accessible by 31 December 2022, although critically, 90% are required to be compliant by
31 December 2017.

Noosa Shire currently has 209 bus stops of which there are 57 compliant stops, leaving 152 non-
compliant stops that will need to be upgraded by 2022. It is therefore important that Council has
a rolling program to upgrade bus stop infrastructure each financial year to ensure it meets the
statutory requirements.

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